Birmingham City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 11 May 2008
Result
Birmingham City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 11 May 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Birmingham City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Birmingham City beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 May 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
David Murphy opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from David Murphy (32'), Cameron Jerome (73'), Cameron Jerome (90+1') and Fabrice Muamba (90+3'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Morten Gamst Pedersen (49').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 32 points from 37 and Blackburn Rovers 7th on 58 points from 37. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Damien Johnson
- 32'Goal · David Murphy
- 33'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 40'Yellow card · Sebastian Larsson
- 49'Goal · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 51'Yellow card · R. Santa Cruz
- 73'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 76'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 90+1'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 90+3'Goal · Fabrice Muamba
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, James McFadden, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, Johann Vogel